Question

I have a little problem with a Listview.

I can load it with listview items fine, but when I set the background color it doesn’t draw the color all the way to the left side of the row [The listViewItems are loaded with ListViewSubItems to make a grid view, only the first column shows the error]. There is a a narrow strip that doesn’t paint. The width of that strip is approximately the same as a row header would be if I had a row header.

If you have a thought on what can be done to make the background draw I’d love to hear it.

Now just to try a new idea, I’m offering a ten vote bounty for the first solution that still has me using this awful construct of a mess of a pseudo grid view. [I love legacy code.]

Edit:

Here is a sample that exhibits the problem.

public partial class Form1 : Form {     public Form1()     {         InitializeComponent();          ListView lv = new ListView();          lv.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;         lv.FullRowSelect = true;         lv.GridLines = true;         lv.HideSelection = false;         lv.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);         lv.TabIndex = 0;         lv.View = System.Windows.Forms.View.Details;         lv.AllowColumnReorder = true;          this.Controls.Add(lv);          lv.MultiSelect = true;          ColumnHeader ch = new ColumnHeader();         ch.Name = 'Foo';         ch.Text = 'Foo';         ch.Width = 40;         ch.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Left;          lv.Columns.Add(ch);          ColumnHeader ch2 = new ColumnHeader();         ch.Name = 'Bar';         ch.Text = 'Bar';         ch.Width = 40;         ch.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Left;          lv.Columns.Add(ch2);          lv.BeginUpdate();          for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)         {               ListViewItem lvi = new ListViewItem('1', '2');              lvi.BackColor = Color.Black;             lvi.ForeColor = Color.White;              lv.Items.Add(lvi);         }         lv.EndUpdate();     } } 

Answer 1

Ah! I see now :}

You want hacky? I present unto you the following:

    ...     lv.OwnerDraw = true;     lv.DrawItem += new DrawListViewItemEventHandler( lv_DrawItem );     ...  void lv_DrawItem( object sender, DrawListViewItemEventArgs e ) {     Rectangle foo = e.Bounds;     foo.Offset( -10, 0 );     e.Graphics.FillRectangle( new SolidBrush( e.Item.BackColor ), foo );     e.DrawDefault = true; } 

For a more inventive – and no less hacky – approach, you could try utilising the background image of the ListView 😉